Hi,
I am looking for a little help to find a record of marriage between a John Purdy and Minnie Bones, which I can't find after many months and months of trying. I am hoping someone can spot it ,where I have failed to do so.
Details on birth cert which I hold for their eldest child purchased from Groni, William Purdy 11th Nov 1922 address knockboy ( sub reg Broughshane, reg Ballymena)
Mother on cert, Minnie Bones, father John Purdy.( labourer)
Present at birth was Lizzie Bones (which I think is the brides mother,if I have the right Minnie Bones in the 1911 census, which I am almost confident is her, or could be her sister Sarah as her middle name is Elizabeth)
Mary/ Minnie died in 1990 (husband John died back in the 1960s from a mining accident . I have his death cert , plus various records including newspaper reports, I don't have his wife's death cert , but I have her obituary and various newspaper reports ),
Minnie/Mary Bones was born 9 feb 1902 in the townland of Pollee , near Broughshane ( named Mary on her own birth registration/cert , Minnie on her son William's birth cert, both Mary and Minnie on other various records). I can't find her birth on Irish Genealogy site, for some reason, it probably hasn't been uploaded, but it can be found on Groni . I haven't purchased her birth cert as it is showing mother's name Thompson( andn her sister Sarah's cert is on Irish Genealogy to view the details freely).
Parents William Bones (Iron ore miner on both her sister's birth and on censuses) and lizzie/Elizabeth Thompson, both parents are also in the 2 censuses in Pollee ( 1911 with her daughter Minnie + Sarah)
(John was born + bred in the townland Loughconnoly 21 feb 1900, who is my grandmother's oldest sibling, I don't need any help with John's history ,I am just trying to find his official marriage to his wife Mary )
John + Mary spent the majority of their married life ( and after her husband died) at Tullymore cottages Broughshane , except for where William, their 1st b child was born ( knockboy). It was probably their first home together after they "married", or perhaps that was her parents home in the year of 1922, and they were living with them for that short time when she was pregnant/ giving birth with 1st born, I don't know.
William I am pretty sure is 1st born as far as ages/ order of births of all their known children are concerned- all their other known children were born 1924 to 1941 ,( the youngest child was born 1941 and died in 1973) .
A few of John and Mary's children I know for 100% sure are deceased ( including William who died in 1992) , but won't name all their other children ( they had a load of children from first born 1922 up until the youngest in 1941) just in case some of the others are still alive, (it was only less two years ago that one of their daughters died.
I can't seem to find their marriage, or is it a case of they never officially married? Which strikes me odd in this case .
Am I missing their marriage registration with my searches on Groni ( and Irish genanology) . I've also searched the Newspapers over the years.
I've tried all variations I can think of, and of course also searched beyond when their first child was born.
I'd really appreciate it if anyone could take a look to see if they can find their marriage, in case I am missing the obvious and it is there looking straight at me .
The marriage should be inbetween the years of 1916 and 1922 - but of course could be years after the 1922 birth of his 1st child too ( which I've also searched but to no avail)
Kind regards
Ps the later marriage in 1948 is the marriage of one of his other sons ,I have this cert (this is his next born child, born abt 1924/ 1925 . I haven't got his birth certicate yet due to 100 year rule online, and have to wait until next year, or maybe the year after to check if his mother Mary says "Bones" too ( in case his father "married " two Mary's throughout his lifetime and first Mary died - although can't find a death for her if that was the actual case). I don't know for sure if second born child is deceased, probably is, but have never found a death for him in the papers amd orbits . I think he was still alive in 1992 , as he is mentioned in his sibling's orbit and it doesn't say he is " late brother of" ( deceased), so there's a small possibility he's maybe still alive today, so won't mention his actual name.
I also have had the thought many times, that John could have married twice, to two Mary's ( eg first Mary died ) , but I still can't find the marriage to one single person called Mary/ Minnie - where John 100% certainly had a "wife" called Mary Bones who was the mother of his first born child , plus when John died his wife was 100% a Mary ,as too on various records throughout, and when Mary herself died in the 1990s too.
Sorry for the long post, I've tried to put as much info in (without naming all the children as some of them may be still alive, some I 100% know have died , but haven't named them either) so others don't gather stuff I already have , so not to waste anyone's time.
It's only the marriage I am looking for between John Purdy and Mary/Minnie Bones, the named parents on Williams birth in 1922.
Thank you for any help.
